No degeneration found in focal cartilage defects evaluated with dGEMRIC at 12-year follow-up

Background and purpose — The natural history of focal cartilage defects (FCDs) is still unresolved, as is the long-term cartilage quality after cartilage surgery. It has been suggested that delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC) is a biomarker of early OA. We a...

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Main Authors: Cathrine Nørstad Engen, Sverre Løken, Asbjørn Årøen, Charles Ho, Lars Engebretsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1255484